Flip Flops and Me

Ok so I have to come out, some of you know it and some would say but duh it's obvious, you live in Florida. Well actually if you look around there are a lot of people here who wear tennis shoes or heels too so it's not quite so obvious lol. So Anyways, here it is, I'm beyond addicted to Flip Flops, I love love love Flip Flops, I comment to people about their flip flops, I'm always looking at flip flops, I have two key chains on my keys and both are yep you guessed it, flip flops, one needs to seriously go, but I can't part with it. I have flip flop magnets, my mom even got me flip flop candle holders for outside and inside. I just love flip flops, not just wearing them but the cute stuff that they come on and in, oh and I have a little notepad that is a flip flop with paper feet lol

Anyways just had to get that off my chest lol Oh and I have about 20 pairs of flip flops, my sister got me my favorite pair that I wear all the time for my birthday last year. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE Flip Flops. Oh and did I mention I wear them year round? I can't stand tennis shoes, other than for the gym, I dont' wear them, and then after I'm done at the gym, the minute I get into the car, the shoes come off and the flip flops go on. This is one thing I never want to get help for, it's a healthy obsession, just the right amount of obsession right? Shake your head yes lol

Something Every Girl Needs, especially Me!

Ok you know how you have those shirts that miraculously somehow shrink and are too short? (we really know what happens but we'll blame it on the washing and drying of it lol) And you know how you just love that shirt and you don't want to get rid of it? Well now you don't have to. There is a new thing that is out called the the Hip T that helps take care of that.

I soo am getting one of these, even with losing inches/weight, some of my shirts are a little too short so I need this to help with that and it looks good. Just go look over at Pour Some Sugar on Me, she has a blog about it and she is giving one away. So go check her out, you can either click on the link in here the button to the right. She has a picture of her wearing one and you can't even tell it's not a shirt underneath the other one.

Even if I don't win one, I will be buying one. Esp for working out, and I bet it makes you look a little slimmer too lol

Rain Rain Don't Go Away

I just have to say I am loving our weather right now.

IT"S POURING DOWN RAIN!! Oh and Lightning and Thundering too. The fact that there are tornadoes nearby is no biggie lol. I am just loving this. I love love love thunderstorms with a passion,AS LONG as they don't make the electricity go out, then I get annoyed. Other than that bring them on. I sleep soo good when we have thunderstorms, I love listening to the thunder and the rain just pouring down.

I can't wait for the summer for it to rain like this at least 2 or 3 times a week. Yeah it's annoying sometimes b/c it interferes with daily life but sometimes it's nice, esp when we have hot hot days like we have had the last few weeks. We really really need the rain, we are literally in a drought, our city doesn't have enough water to supply us and are actually thinking of using reclaimed water, YUCK!!!!! How disgusting, they can keep their reclaimed water, I'll fill up a landfill drinking my bottled water thank you very much.

I'm Still ALive

Man it's been ages. I keep meaning to come and update about what's going on in my life, but I forget or I get busy doing other things.

Things are ok, hectic, but ok. A lot's been going on. Went to the Dr, have to have surgery on my right knee, he wants to do a scope and fix whatever is messed up. Yeah not looking forward to that at all, being laid up, NOT my idea of fun by any stretch of the imagination. So that is suppose to happen in June but it's looking more like July with K's schedule and whatnot. So I will let you know (I promise I will) when it's going to happen.

Hmm what else, oh yeah K and I have been going to the gym and working out, he more so b/c I've been not feeling well lately but I love it and he does too and he has already lost quite a bit. I've lost 4 inches total (last measuring) and he lost 9 inches total last measuring, we'll measure tonight and see where he's at.

The summer heat has hit us and it's miserable, it sucks. it's almost impossible to go out and do anything and forget a/c in the car, it's too dang hot to contend with, by the time it starts cooling off if it does at all, you're already where you were going and it starts all over.

Oh and the darn love bugs are out, if you're never dealt with them OMG they are a PITA. Serioulsy they are, they also like to take the paint off your car if you don't get them off right away and you dont' wax your car.

I'm not feeling good so I think that's it for now. Just wanted to update since I've been told I never update which is true lol. I will come back again soon with more when I'm more coherent in my head and not all rambling.

So Proud of myself!

I know I shouldn't be so boastful and proud but I am. For finally doing somethings I've needed to do for myself for a long time. I'm going to Drs to get myself taken care of, to see what all is really wrong with me and what's not. I have now seen a physician and had a physical, which everything is fine, the bloodwork came back good except for my thyroid which I went and gave more blood for that Friday so I should find out what's going on with that very soon, but had I not gone, I wouldn't have found out. Some of you know Loralei killed my knee a few weeks ago and it's been hurting like crazy almost everyday and some days are better than others. So I finally called and I'm going to see and ortho next week. Next on the list is the dentist (NOT looking forward to that) and my jaw and my back. So eventually I will be getting all that I need done. I have put it off long enough, but I"m proud of myself for getting it going, going to Drs and getting myself taken care of. So anyways, that's what's going on with me.

I'll update about the thyroid and my knee as I get info on each and anything else I go to the Dr about.

An Interview with a 5 year old!

I stole this from my friend (Thanks Rach, it was fun doing this with her), she has a toddler, but mine is a 5 year old, but I'm sure any age will work. Maybe when she turns 6 I'll do it again and see if the answers change.



1. What is something mommy always says to you?
Go to your room

2. What makes mommy happy?
Flowers and chocolate

3. What makes mommy sad?
me doing something I'm not suppose to do

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
tickle my belly

5. What was your mommy like as a child?
I wasn't born when you were a little girl

6. How old is your mommy?
I don't remember, um 100 (I then asked her for confirmation if she really thought I was 100, she then upped it and goes 200? 300? Thanks a lot)

7. How tall is your mommy?
40ft

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
go to the mall and go shopping and get me some summer clothes

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around?
go hang out with your friends

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?
Dancing (um where she got this idea I have no clue as I can't dance for anything)

11. What is your mommy really good at?
making brownies, I really love your brownies mommy, you make the best brownies ever

12. What is your mommy not very good at?
ok so she actually thought about this, I mean really thought about it and then goes I can't think of something you're not good at (talk about an ego booster)

13. What does your mommy do for a job?
being the best mom (I swear I didn't get her to say that)

14.What is your mommy's favorite food?
Chicken

15.What makes you proud of your mommy?
helping daddy feel better

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
ok so this is one we had to come back to b/c she couldn't think of anyone then she thought of someone Pinky Dinky Doo

17. What do you and your mommy do together?
go to the park together

18. How are you and your mommy the same?
um we have black pants

19. How are you and your mommy different?
we don't wear black pants and the same shirt

20. How do you know your mommy loves you?
when I'm sick you bring me something to eat and take care of me and you give me big hugs

21. What does your mommy like most about your dad?
I don't know

22. Where is your mommy's favorite place to go?
Target (my girl knows me lol )

Wow what craziness!

So it seems like I'm always at the Drs ofice lately for one of us. It's crazy. Anyways, I think, don't hold me to it, but I think we're all finally feeling better. So visits for being sick are over THANK GOD!!!!

However, now I will be driving over an hour this week to take Loralei to see a child psychiatrist. I am NOT complaining by any means whatsoever. I'm actually looking forward to this, finally to get some help with my daughter, to find out what's truly going on within that mind of hers. I feel like it's a day of I don't know what but I can just see me have this big sigh of relief after talking to the Dr and finding out what's going on. I can't do what we've been doing without help and support anymore. So this is a huge step and something I can't wait to have done.

I finally found a Dr for me, now I can stop being yelled at by friends and loved ones about going to a Dr, b/c now I have no excuse. I've met her once but I loved how she was and felt so comfortable, and a plus is she's a DO, which is what I wanted. So I am going to have a physical, however, I realized the other day that I have my appointment and Loralei's Pulmonary Specialist appointment set for the same day and oh yeah only 15 mins apart so I have to call tomorrow to reschedule. No biggie. Oh and at her appointment, they will be using her as a pin cushion to do an allergy test. Hopefully she's not as bad as her mama.

I'm doing good overall so I can't complain, tired but that's it.

Oh I have to share something with you that I found hilarious and if you know me, which if you're reading this you most likely do, but the other night I was trying to get Loralei to tell my dad where she was going this coming week (the shrink). Here's how the Convo went.

Me: Tell Grampa where you're going next week.
L: Ummmm I don't know! (as she's trying to figure out what she wants from the snack bar at the movies, yeah not a good place to get her to think lol)
Me: The Dr remember?!
L: Grampa I'm going to the Dr. Mommy what am I going to the Dr for again?
Me: to see what's going on inside that brain of yours!
L: (innocent, no sarcasm) I don't have a mind!

Wow, yeah she's definitely my child, already admitting to her not having a mind, she's lost it early poor thing. I need to start writing down things she says, b/c she has had some whoppers before.

Oh and since all of my friends are doing it and I haven't in a long while I have decided that I'm going to make Loralei another quilt. I'm going to let her pick out the fabric and maybe let her help me, teach her to sew. I will keep that updated, I'm quite excited b/c I haven't sewn anything in wow, almost 6 months, it's a pain b/c I have to take my sewing machine out and put it up and take it out and it's a pain in the butt to do. So I will make a spot that I can leave it out and not have to do the back and forth thing, so pictures will come as I start out, and I think I'm going to photojournal the whole process even of her picking out the material and whatnot. That would be kind of fun for her, to see the process that she was involved in.

Ok so I think I'm done, that's a lot of catching up in one post and I'm sure overwhelming, I won't wait so long to update from now on b/c I know I've forgotten some stuff and well that sucks but oh well. Life goes on. Hope everyone had a Happy Valentines Day and now we get to look forward to St Patty's Day, Yummy, bring on the cornedbeef and cabbage and potatoes.